[MLS: Week 13] After Portland-Seattle (4-4) and Vancouver-Seattle (2-2), it was time for the the Timbers and Whitecaps to square off in the Cascadia Cup and they
did not disappoint. Vancouver raced out to a 4-1 lead and held off the Timbers for a 4-3 win.

Portland has been living on the edge at home all season, but this time the deficit was too
much to overcome. Chilean Pedro Morales scored twice from the penalty spot and added assists on goals by Jordan Harvey
and Erik Hurtado as Vancouver raced out to a 4-1 lead.

Late goals by Gaston Fernandez and Will Johnson cut the lead to 4-3, but Portland could not get the equalizer. The result ended Portland's six-game unbeaten streak and 22-game unbeaten streak at home
and left it in eighth place in the Western Conference.

An emotional Portland coach Caleb Porter said he could live with the two penalties called against the Timbers but not
if they didn't get calls themselves.

If you’re going to call a PK, two of them, I’m fine with that," he said, "but you better give them the other way, too. That’s where I
have the problem, not the calls that were made but the ones that weren’t made.”

Porter said he had told his players before the game that he thought Vancouver was the best team
in MLS. He just wasn't happy the way the game came out.

"I thought the result was unfair, in my opinion," he said.

Meanwhile, Vancouver moved into fourth place with games in
hand on every other team in the Western Conference except the LA Galaxy.